Japanese Switch Sales Explode Ahead of Splatoon 2 Launch

Japanese Switch Sales Explode Ahead of Splatoon 2 Launch

The Nintendo Switch has been selling well, really, really well. But with another major Nintendo release scheduled for next week, the hybrid home/mobile games console sold drastically better in Nintendo’s home country of Japan last week than the week before.

MCV reports that Japanese Switch sales saw a 46 percent week-over-week jump for the period ending July 9, with Nintendo selling 36,000 units. That was good enough for nearly 45 percent of all Japanese games hardware sales for the week. Impressively, this all happened during a week without a single new release for the console. But Nintendo has another significant game right on the horizon with July 21’s Splatoon 2.

The top game from last week, however, was PlayStation 4 new release Gundam Versus, which moved 121,278 units. It may have been mostly existing PS4 owners who rushed out to buy Gundam, as that console’s sales remained mostly flat.

Nintendo, meanwhile, had three Switch games in the top-10 sellers list. Here’s the full list: